Syed Ali Gilani Says Ready to Talk to India

NEW DELHI: Veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader Syed Ali Shah Gilani surprisingly deviated his longtime hard-line stand on Thursday when he hinted at holding bilateral talks with India.

Chief of his own faction of separatist All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) is a firm supporter of Kashmir’s independence from Indian occupation and union of the disputed valley with Pakistan by Kashmiri’s right of self determination.

“Kashmir issue can be resolved by negotiations and Hurriyat Conference is ready to sit with India to resolve the longstanding dispute,” Gilani told the newsmen in New Delhi.

Gilani, 81, has always insisted on resolving the dispute by holding trilateral talks involving India, Pakistan and Kashmiris in the light of United Nations’ resolutions.

“Our party has adopted a mildness in its stance and is ready to talk to India besides the fact that India has not acted upon the U.N.’s resolutions,” he added.

Kashmir Observes Strike Against State Terrorism

SRINAGAR: In occupied Kashmir, a complete shutdown is being observed Saturday against the stepped up Indian state terrorism. Call for the shutdown has been given by the forum patronized by veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani.

All business establishments, government and semi-government offices, banks and courts are closed while the traffic is off the road.

The occupation authorities have imposed undeclared curfew in downtown areas of Srinagar and other cities of the occupied territory.

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Kashmir Observes Strike Against State Terrorism was first posted on February 20, 2010 at 4:05 pm.

Indian Troops Martyr 2 innocent Youth in IoK

Indian Troops Martyr 2 innocent Youth in IoK, Indian troops, in their fresh act of state terrorism, martyred two innocent Kashmiri youth in Rajouri district of Indian occupied Kashmir .

According to Kashmir Media Service personnel of 48-Rashtriya Rifles during siege and search operations killed Mohammad Aslam and Saddam Hussain Bakerwal in Kandi Kalar area of the district.

On the other hand, at least a dozen persons were injured when Indian police and paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers resorted to baton charge and fired numerous tear smoke canisters to disperse protesters at Nowhatta, Gojwara, Rajouri Kadal, Brein-Nishat, Palhalan and Sopore areas.

“The CRPF personnel hurled stones and smashed windowpanes of several residential houses, which created panic among the residents,” said residents of Nowhatta and Palhalan.

Meanwhile, a constable of BSF 68th battalion, Lakhvinder Kumar, involved in the killing of 16-year-old, Zahid Farooq on February 5 at Brain-Nishat, said before the police that he was forced by his senior to shot at the teenager.

“The BSF Commandant, R K Birdi forced Lakhvinder Kumar to shoot thrice at Zahid. The constable has disclosed before the police that he was forced by his senior to shoot the teenager.

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Indian Troops Martyr 2 innocent Youth in IoK was first posted on February 13, 2010 at 4:53 pm.

Strike, Security Lockdown Cripple Kashmir

SRINAGAR: A security lockdown and general strike crippled life in held Kashmir on Thursday, on the anniversary of the execution of a prominent Muslim leader.

The day-long strike was sponsored by Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) in memory of founder Mohammad Maqbool Bhat, who was hanged in a New Delhi jail on February 11, 1984 for the murder of an intelligence officer. Bhat’s family and supporters say the charges were trumped up.

JKLF urged residents of the Muslim-majority state to hold pro-independence demonstrations on Thursday to commemorate Bhat and press New Delhi to return his remains. Bhat was buried in New Delhi’s Tihar jail.

Indian authorities sealed off neighbourhoods in most parts of Srinagar and deployed thousands of police and paramilitary to prevent protests.

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Strike, Security Lockdown Cripple Kashmir was first posted on February 11, 2010 at 2:32 pm.

6 Indian Soldiers Dead in Kashmir Avalanche

SRINAGAR: A massive avalanche hit a training center of the Indian army at a famous ski resort town in occupied Kashmir on Monday, killing at least six soldiers and trapping nearly 60 others, police and army officials said.

Rescue operations were under way at Gulmarg, a ski resort about 30 miles (50 kilometers) northwest of Srinagar, the main city in Indian occupied Kashmir, said Col. Vineet Sood, an Indian army spokesman in Srinagar.

Sood said the avalanche hit a training center of the army’s High Altitude Warfare School, or HAWS, around 11 a.m. and swept away soldiers during a training session.

“We have activated all resources to rescue the buried soldiers,” he said.

Farooq Ahmed, a top police officer in Kashmir, said the casualties could rise and joint rescue teams of police, army and tourism officials had reached the spot.

Incessant snowfall and rain were hampering the rescue operations, Sood said.

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6 Indian Soldiers Dead in Kashmir Avalanche was first posted on February 8, 2010 at 4:56 pm.

ISSUE OF KASHMIR AND SOLIDARITY DAY

Kashmir dispute is main reason of tension between India and Pakistan. It has badly affected trade and economic development of South Asia, over decades this crucial issue is waiting for a peaceful solution .During this period large number of conferences and seminars were held in which many solutions and suggestions were presented for its peaceful solution, but these valuable suggestions were limited up to files and not more than a memorial document of seminars and conferences. On the other hand Kashmir issue needs some practical steps through meaningful dialogue between India and Pakistan, which was not seen in preceding years. This selfish attitude from world community badly affected issue of Kashmir and continuously creating tension between these two countries and if this issue not solved according to the wishes of Kashmiri people who have sacrificed more than one hundred thousand lives for obtaining their real birth right of freedom, then there will always remain a constant danger of nuclear war, which will prove to a be a  cause of mass destruction for whole the region. The world community should realize crucial position of this issue and must take speedy and fruitful action for peaceful solution of the issue.

From last sixty years, it has been seen that whole the nation shows solidarity on Feb 05 by making of, Human Chain and expresses solid support for the people of Kashmir. Their unique expression of solidarity also shows that Kashmir and Pakistan are one and like one body and soul when ever any part of body feels pain the whole body feels its pain as a whole.

No doubt Pakistani nation never left people of Kashmir alone in their freedom struggle and shall always continue political support to Kashmiri nation. people of Kashmir cannot forget this love and care. However  in last years  it has been observed  that India and Pakistan started cross border trade and friendship bus service  for mutual confidence and mental coordination, but it is also a fact that the issue of Kashmir cannot  be put on back burner because with out solving this crucial issue success seems impossible in trade or in any other activity.

It is very sad that the agony of Kashmiris is not seen by the world who advocates everywhere for combating terrorism.  The world watches that Indian forces exercise worst over terror in occupied Kashmir. Killing countless Kashmiris every day in valley, burning houses, and raping women. People of Kashmir ask the world’s contractors of peace; why they have closed their eyes on Indian terrorism in occupied Kashmir? Why they do not call any emergency meeting on violation of international human rights in Kashmir? Despite all this, freedom movement shall continue till last human being alive there. This is only message on solidarity day for nation.

By: Syed Majid Gardezi
Chaman kot, Azad Kashmir
Cell: 0300-9820312

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ISSUE OF KASHMIR AND SOLIDARITY DAY was first posted on February 4, 2010 at 11:59 pm.

Indian Troops Martyr 2 More Kashmiris

SRINAGAR: In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism, martyred two more innocent Kashmiri youth in Kishtwar district.

According to Kashmir Media Service, personnel of 11-Rashtirya Rifles and Special Operations Group during siege and search operations killed Nissar Ahmed Shah and Saifullah at Merna-Pati Mahal in Kishtwar district. A house was also damaged in the operation.

A dead body of a missing Village Defence Committee (VDC) member was found from Dachan in Kishtwar

Meanwhile, at least 125 people were injured in paramilitary forces brute action against pro-liberation demonstrators in Srinagar, Baramulla, Bandipore, Islamabad, Pulwama, Shopian and Kulgam areas.

Two persons including a young boy, Basit Rasheed was critically injured by a tear gas shell of police at Nawa Kadal in Srinagar. Locals in the areas said that police and paramilitary men had burst into homes to beat up the inmates and ransack household goods.

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Indian Troops Martyr 2 More Kashmiris was first posted on February 4, 2010 at 2:53 pm.

IHK Shuts Down to Protest Boys Death

SRINAGAR: In occupied Kashmir, normal life was crippled Tuesday due to complete shutdown, marked by forceful demonstrations and pitched clashes between Indian police personnel and protesters.

Call for the strike was given by the APHC Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani against the killing of a 14-year-old boy by an Indian police officer in Srinagar.

All shops, businesses establishments and government offices remained closed and transport was of the road in Srinagar, Badgam, Pampore, Islamabad, Pulwama, Kupwara, Shopian, Kulgam and other cities and towns of occupied Kashmir.

People took to the streets and staged forceful anti-India demonstrations in Nowhatta, Maisuma, Rajouri Kadal, Barbarshah, Habba Kadal, Qamarwari, Bimna, Zena Kadal, Islamabad, Shopian and Pampore areas. Over fifty persons were injured when Indian troops resorted to heavy lathi charge, excessive teargassing and firing on the demonstrators.

On the other hand, senior APHC leader, Shabbir Ahmed Shah, visited the family of the martyred student in Rainawari area of Srinagar. Addressing a gathering on the occasion he maintained that the sacrifices of Kashmiri martyrs had centre-staged the Kashmir dispute at the international level.

Meanwhile, Indian police personnel raided the office of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Freedom League at Rajbagh in Srinagar, vandalised the goods and arrested four party activists. The party Chairman, Muhammad Farooq Rehmani strongly condemned the police action.

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IHK Shuts Down to Protest Boys Death was first posted on February 2, 2010 at 5:20 pm.

Militants killed 2 Indian Soldiers in H-Kashmir

SRINAGAR: Militants killed two Indian army soldiers during a mountain gunbattle in held Kashmir, the Indian military said Friday, in the latest of a series of clashes this month.

The fighting erupted late Thursday in the mountains of southern Kishtwar district, Indian army spokesman said.

The attack came hours after suspected rebels shot and wounded Ismail Lone, a senior official of the Communist Party of India in southern Kulgam district, a police spokesman said.

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Militants killed 2 Indian Soldiers in H-Kashmir was first posted on January 29, 2010 at 3:25 pm.

Kashmiris Observing Indian Republic Day As Black Day

NEW DELHI: Kashmiris Observing Indian Republic Day As Black Day, Indian Paramilitary soldiers and police set up roadblocks and snipers took positions atop government buildings as India celebrated its national day Tuesday against the backdrop of a terror alert.

Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and across the world are observing Indian Republic Day as Black Day.

India celebrates its Republic Day on Jan. 26 every year, but this year the security measures have been notched up following intelligence reports of a possible terror attack by militants.

Security has also been tightened at all major government telecommunications and power installations, with additional personnel deployed, police said. At least 15,000 paramilitary soldiers were deployed in and around the capital of New Delhi to ensure safety along the route of an annual parade _ the highlight of India’s Republic Day festivities, said police spokesman Rajan Bhagat.

In downtown New Delhi, hundreds of thousands of people gathered to witness the parade a showcase of Indian military and cultural pomp under the watchful eyes of armed police.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, who is on a four-day official visit to India, was the chief guest at the parade, which included marching bands and contingents of soldiers and schoolchildren and an aeronautic display by air force planes.

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Kashmiris Observing Indian Republic Day As Black Day was first posted on January 26, 2010 at 12:59 pm.

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